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Croydon attack: eight in custody

POLICE HAVE MADE a total of eight arrests following last Friday’s late night attack on a young Iranian Kurdish man who was waiting at a Croydon bus stop. Police had previously classified the attack as a hate crime and have ...

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Keep on track over Easter

LONDONERS ARE looking forward to a break over the Easter weekend – and fortunately most of the public transport network will be available to take you round the capital. However, there are a few exceptions where services will be closed ...

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Police clamp down on far right demo

TWO FAR RIGHT groups have chosen April Fool’s Day to air their racist views in central London. The English Defence League (EDL) and Britain First (BF) have joined forces to call a demonstration allegedly in response to the recent individual ...

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Zeeshan receives Jack Petchey accolade

Emdad Rahman THE YOUNG Zeeshan Siddique of Newark Youth FC has been rewarded for his outstanding progress with a Jack Petchey Award. The youngster joined Newark in 2014 as a defender, but switched roles to become an outstanding goalkeeper. Zeeshan has ...

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UK recovering depends on debt

FIRST THE GOOD NEWS: the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has announced that in the last quarter of last year the UK economy grew by 0.7%. The bad news is that this growth was largely funded by domestic consumption, funded ...

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